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STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1947 – March 27, 1966
Service recordStanley George Yurgaitis, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 55
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 55
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- ANTHONY GUY VELARDOLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- ALDEN BERTRAM WILLEYSergeant First Class · March 27, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.